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Despite Early Exit, Antron Brown Makes Strides at NHRA Winternationals
POMONA, Calif. (March 30, 2025) – Four-time and reigning NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown’s Sunday race day at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals ended early, but Brown and his Matco Tools team learned from the traction issues that bit them in the opening...
AB Motorsports Pre-Race Report: Pomona 1
NHRA Winternationals Event 3 of 20 In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, Calif. March 28 – 30, 2025 ANTRON BROWN Driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster NHRA Winternationals Event Highlights: Three-time runner-up (2009, 2012, 2015) Two-time No. 1 qualifier...
Antron Brown Works Through Challenges of Hot Conditions at NHRA Arizona Nationals
CHANDLER, Ariz. (March 23, 2025) – Two weeks after winning the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals, four-time and reigning NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown faced vastly different conditions at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird Motorsports Park. Brown in...
AB Motorsports Pre-Race Report: Phoenix
NHRA Arizona Nationals Event 2 of 20 Firebird Motorsports Park Chandler, Ariz. March 21 – 23, 2025 ANTRON BROWN Driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster NHRA Arizona Nationals Event Highlights: Three-time event champion (2009, 2012, 2014) 2011 runner-up 2024 NHRA...
Reigning Top Fuel World Champion Antron Brown Kicks Off 2025 With Gatornationals Victory
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 9, 2025) – Four-time and reigning NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown picked up where he left off in 2024 by powering to victory at the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals on Sunday evening. Paired up with fellow past world champion Shawn...
Antron Brown Scores 51st No. 1 Qualifier Award at NHRA Season Opener in Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 8, 2025) – Four-time and reigning Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown and his AB Motorsports Matco Tools team wasted no time kicking off their title defense campaign. Brown will start race day from the NHRA Gatornationals, the 2025 NHRA...
Defending World Champ Antron Brown Claims First Provisional Top Fuel Pole of 2025 NHRA Season
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 7, 2025) – Four-time and defending Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown powered to the first provisional pole of the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season on Friday night at the NHRA Gatornationals. Under the Gainesville Raceway...
AB Motorsports Pre-Race Report: Gainesville
NHRA Gatornationals Event 1 of 20 Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, Fla. March 7 – 9, 2025 ANTRON BROWN Driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster NHRA Gatornationals Event Highlights: 2013 event champion Four-time runner-up: Top Fuel: 2010, 2014, 2017 Pro Stock...
Angelle Sampey to Debut First NHRA Canopy A/Fuel Dragster as Hangsterfer’s Metalworking Lubricants Continues Support of AB Motorsports and its Accelerate Program
BRADENTON, Fla. (Feb. 11, 2025) – A global leader in the motorsports, aerospace, and medical manufacturing industries, Hangsterfer’s Metalworking Lubricants is proud to continue to support cutting-edge initiatives both on and off the race track. Hangsterfer’s latest...
Antron Brown Out Early on Race Day at SCAG Power Equipment PRO Shootout, Pleased with Overall Outing at Bradenton Pre-Season Event
BRADENTON, Fla. (February 8, 2025) – After scoring the pole position aboard his AB Motorsports Matco Tools dragster at the second annual SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout on Friday evening, reigning NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown was looking to...
Reigning Top Fuel Champ Antron Brown Clocks Quickest Career Run, Captures Pole at SCAG PRO Superstar Shootout
BRADENTON, Fla. (February 7, 2025) – Reigning NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown powered to the No. 1 qualifying spot on Friday night at the SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout. Brown took his Matco Tools dragster to the Bradenton Motorsports Park...
Reigning NHRA Top Fuel World Champion Antron Brown Extends Partnership with Matco Tools, Continuing One of the Longest Primary Partnerships in Motorsports
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Dec. 19, 2024) – A month after securing his fourth NHRA world championship, Antron Brown and his AB Motorsports team continued speeding towards success, this time off the track, as Brown and tenured primary partner Matco Tools announced today an...
NHRA Legend Mark Oswald Goes Out on Top After Six Decades in Drag Racing
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Dec. 16, 2024) – Good things happen to good people. Mark Oswald is proof of that. After making a career in the high-speed sport that dates to the 1970s, Oswald has said goodbye to life on the road criss-crossing America on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag...
Antron Brown to Make Pro Mod Debut with Team Buginga at DI Winter Series at Bradenton Motorsports Park
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (December 3, 2024) – Many eye a flight to a warm tropical destination to relax after a grueling ten-month racing season that culminated with the NHRA Finals in Southern California on Nov. 17, but not newly crowned four-time NHRA Top Fuel world...
Antron Brown Secures Fourth NHRA Top Fuel World Championship, First as Team Owner
Brown also scores 80th career win at In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2024) – Eight years after winning his third NHRA Top Fuel world championship, Antron Brown secured his fourth NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series title Sunday afternoon during...
Antron Brown Battling for Fourth Top Fuel Title, First as NHRA Team Owner at NHRA Finals
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (November 13, 2024) – Three-time NHRA world champion Antron Brown is so close to securing his fourth title, he can taste it. But the driver of the Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel dragster has his work cut out for him as he sits in second place, only 44...
Antron Brown Holds On To Second-Place Points Position After Second-Round Exit in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (November 3, 2024) – Antron Brown’s effort to earn more points towards a fourth NHRA Top Fuel world championship at the NHRA Nevada Nationals hit a snag in the second round when he lost a close race to reigning world champion Doug Kalitta. Brown and the...
AB Motorsports Pre-Race Report: Las Vegas 2
NHRA Nevada Nationals Event 19 of 20 Countdown Event 5 of 6 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Nov. 1 – 3, 2024 ANTRON BROWN Driver of Matco's 'Tools for the Cause' Toyota Top Fuel Dragster Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 2nd NHRA Nevada Nationals...
Three-time NHRA Champion Antron Brown to Host 2024 SEMA Prayer Breakfast
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (October 22, 2024) – Antron Brown is quick on the track, racing to 79 career NHRA wins, nonetheless he’s quicker to credit God, humbly conceding triumph to faith. When Brown exits his 330-mph Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster after a race win he first...
Antron Brown Down, But Not Out of Championship Contention Following First-Round Exit at Dallas
ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 13, 2024) – In a tense first-round battle between two NHRA Top Fuel championship contenders, three-time world champion Antron Brown lost a close match to fellow Toyota driver Justin Ashley Sunday afternoon at the Texas NHRA FallNationals. Brown in...
AB Motorsports Pre-Race Report: Dallas
Texas NHRA FallNationals Event 18 of 20 Countdown Event 4 of 6 Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas Oct. 11 – 13, 2024 ANTRON BROWN Driver of the Matco's 'Tools for the Cause' Toyota Top Fuel Dragster Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 1st Texas NHRA FallNationals Event...
Antron Brown Maintains Top Fuel Points Lead Despite Quarterfinal Exit at St. Louis
MADISON, Ill. (September 29, 2024) – Three-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown entered this weekend’s Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway with the points lead for the first time since 2017. Powered by back-to-back victories to start the...
AB Motorsports Pre-Race Report: St. Louis
NHRA Midwest Nationals Event 17 of 20 Countdown Event 3 of 6 World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Ill. Sept. 27 – 29, 2024 ANTRON BROWN Driver of the 'Tools for the Cause' Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 1st NHRA Midwest...
Antron Brown Takes Over Top Fuel Points Lead with Second Consecutive Countdown Win at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. (Sept. 22, 2024) – A week after starting the 2024 NHRA Countdown to the Championship with a win at Maple Grove Raceway, Antron Brown charged to another victory Sunday afternoon at the NHRA Carolina Nationals. Now the winningest Top Fuel driver at zMAX...